2006 Minnesota Poetry Out Loud highlights
2006 was the inaugural year for Poetry Out Loud in Minnesota; six metro schools participated.
Tottiana Adams, a sophomore from Saint Paul, was named 2006 Minnesota Poetry Out Loud champion in April 2006.
She went on to compete in the national finals in Washington, DC, in May.
2006 Minnesota finalists, and the poems they recited:
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First place
Tottiana Adams
Central High School, Saint Paul
“Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou
“The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes |
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Second place
Mai Vue “Deja” Lee
Arlington Senior High School, Saint Paul
“Romance” by Claude McKay
“We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar |
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Third place
Casey Cavin
Champlin Park High School, Champlin
“It Couldn't Be Done” by Edgar Albert Guest
“O Captain! My Captain!” by Walt Whitman |
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Rob Lyksett
Agricultural & Food Sciences Academy, Vadnais Heights
“Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll
“How do I Love thee?” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
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Brittany McClay
Broadway High School, Minneapolis
“Harlem” by Langston Hughes
“Beautiful Black Men” by Nikki Giovanni |
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Gaojoua Thao
Harding High School, Saint Paul
“Over the Roofs” by Sara Teasdale
“Solitude” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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